It wa akin to refusing a wedding present, as Queens were always foreign and as such the embodiment of a foreign power.

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Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:38 pm

Hellou_Librorum

Royalty

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Re: King and etiquette

True, most queens were foreign. Thank heaven a war did not start over this!

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Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:57 pm

Comte de Provence

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Re: King and etiquette

Soyons reconnaissants qu'il n'a pas!

Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:59 pm

Hellou_Librorum

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Re: King and etiquette

Yea verily Comte de Provence.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:16 pm

Comte de Provence

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Re: King and etiquette

although, wars have been started for stupider reasons...

Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:04 am

Rosalie

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Re: King and etiquette

yes, this is true!

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Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:54 pm

Comte de Provence

Prince/Princesse

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Re: King and etiquette

its stupid to rush into anything, and now look where the US is stuck.but enough of political banter!

im reading about The Rules of the Petit Trianon, and how MA replaced her dames du toilette with Madame Bertin and this caused an amazing upset, anyone know anything more about this?

Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:56 pm

Hellou_Librorum

Royalty

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Re: King and etiquette

The impression I have in general is that many people of the court were upset they did not partake in activities such as the Rising Ceremony because people could be in contact of the Queen due to their status and not whether or not the Queen liked them. Status was everything at the time. Now that formalities are removed, the court wants to be at the exclusive Petit Trianon, however their status doesn't matter because the Queen did not invite them.

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Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:02 pm

Comte de Provence

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Re: King and etiquette

yes, and look where everything is now, status is on the rise once again...

Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:14 pm

Hellou_Librorum

Royalty

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Re: King and etiquette

I don't know whether or not status coming back is a good thing or not. Well, it always has been around it never really died, it just changed.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:18 pm

Comte de Provence

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Re: King and etiquette

Evolved more or less.

Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:24 am

Wesley

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Re: King and etiquette

Earlier someone said that Louis XVI would wake up early and then return to bed a couple of hours later. Does anyone know what time specifically he woke up?

Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:40 am

reine

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Re: King and etiquette

unfortunately...no

reine

Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:54 am

Hellou_Librorum

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Re: King and etiquette

I believe he would get up at nine or eight o' clock and he would go work on locks and go back at eleven o' clock for the rising ceremony.

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